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Tendres prairies [Tender meadows]
Lucie Yerlès [Be]
Tales of bodies in high grass
“Tender Meadows” extends the research into our relationship with physical contact initiated in the Corps tendres project, this time outdoors.
In natural spaces—particularly meadows—the acrobats invite the audience to explore, through bodies and words, their relationship to trust, consent, and the limits and possibilities of their own bodies and those of the people around them.
An intimate, acrobatic, gentle, and playful moment in which both children and adults are carried into a joyful, lush cocoon that is both comforting and thought-provoking.
Credits
Concept: Lucie Yerlès
Artistic collaboration & technical direction: Gaspar Schelck
Sound design: Loïc Le Foll
Performers: Philomène Authelet, Félix Rapela, Laila Umeko, Wout Deneyer
Outside eyes: Lorette Moreau, Leslie Mannès, Julien Fournet
Partners Festival Hopla, City of Brussels, research in progress
The company
Lucie Yerlès [Be]
Lucie Yerlès has followed an eclectic path, combining a degree in Psychological Sciences from ULB with professional circus arts training at the École de cirque de Québec.
These backgrounds sparked several artistic collaborations, including with the company t.r.a.n.s.i.t.s.c.a.p.e and with Julien Fournet – l’Amicale.
In 2021, she co-created “Le Solo – une conférence circassienne” with lighting designer Gaspar Schelck, a first hybrid project between theatre and aerial silks exploring spectators’ emotional responses.
In 2023, she launched “Corps Tendres,” a research and creation project around the
